Israel to wear black armbands against Italy after Jerusalem attack | OneFootball

The Israeli national football team will wear a black armband during their match in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers against Italy this Monday in Debrecen (Hungary), in memory of the victims of the attack in East Jerusalem that left six dead.

“Due to the attack in Jerusalem and the death of six Israelis, the Israeli players will play with a black armband,” UEFA agreed, according to the Italian Football Federation.

Two Palestinians opened fire at a bus stop in East Jerusalem on Monday and killed six people, Israeli authorities reported, in one of the deadliest attacks in the city since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip in October 2023.

The attack took place at the entrance to the Ramot neighborhood in East Jerusalem, the majority-Palestinian area occupied and annexed by Israel. According to the police, the two assailants were killed.

Israel is in second place in Group I of the European qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup with nine points, three fewer than Norway (1st, 12 points) and three more than Italy (3rd, 6 points).

The first-place team secures direct qualification for the World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The second-place team will compete in the playoffs.

The Israeli national team has been playing its home matches in Hungary since the offensive in Gaza, in retaliation for the unprecedented attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in Israel on October 7, 2023.

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